D D wrote:
> Is it safe to use cedar planks purchased at places like Lowe's and Home
> Depot or should I only use cedar planks sold at "food" stores?
>

Alton Brown (Good Eats) did a show about cooking whole fish this week.
In that, he talked about buying cedar boards at a lumber yard, cutting
them up, and using them for planking.

He said that Cedar often is treated with chemicals that would be very
bad for cooking... BUT, if you get the board as a furniture-grade board,
they tend to not be treated, and that is what he uses for his cedar planks!

Hope it helps,
B